The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-09-01
PERSONAL.


passed last February. his rank at the time of re-
eeiving his wound raised, and he gets diff
ference in grade for % years back amounting TO
handsome sum, and also becomes entitled to sew
eral hundred dollars difference in pay as
Lieutenant, Captain and Lieutenant Colonel, /
when Congress makes the appropriation.
On page s75 of Michigan in the War; il is stated
that Col. LOunsberry entered service May L. 1851,
as private Co. /. Ist Nhree-monthsl Inf: wounded
and taken prisoner July "a, 1861; exchanged; mus
tered July l. 1862 (having spent nearly year
aner the expiration of his term in Southern pris-
ons.) Enlisted Sergeant. Co. T. 10Th Inf. Aug.
g. 1862; Second Lieutenant Jan. IS, 1868. Wound
ed and taken prisoner in action May Q,
Is63; rescued (by Gov. r. +. Jacobs. Of
Kentucky. 8 weeks later.l First Lieutenant, Nov.
10. 1868. Captain. May II. 1854 Wounded In action
at Spottsylvania, Va. May H. ls6t. Brevet Major,
Dec. 2. 1864, for gallant and meritorious service
during the present campaign before Richmond.
Va Lieut.-Colonel Dee. % 1864; Colonel, March
II. 1865" The latter commission Issued IS days
before he was = years old. The claim made By his
friends Is that he the youngest man in the
service who rose from the ranks % the command
of his regiment, passing through al the grades
Lieut.. J. p. Van Nest. Of Wooster o.. late Of the
I2Oth Ohio. celebrated his 86th birthday In eab-
orate manner Saturday. Aug 8 A large mum
Der OF his old comrades and their ladies pres
emit The presents were handsome. Serg't w. E.
Montgomery. Of Macon City. No. sent a larse por-
trait Of Col NJ. NJ SpeigeI which was elegantly
framed The Lieutenant also carries very pretty
gOld-headed ebony cane. appropriately engraved.
which was presented To him by his old com
rades-in-arms present through Capt. J. B. Taylor.
Letters Of regret received by Lieut.. Van Nest
from old army friends in Cleveland. Cincinnati.
Mansfield. Ashland. Loudonville Orrville. Rich
mOnd. Va. indianapolis and ElkhaTt. Ind. Hous-
ton and Industry. Tex. Chicago, New York city. St
Louis, Washington city and other places. The sup
per. prepared by Mrs Van Nest and daughters,
Carrie and Gertie. was splendid as were all the
features Of the celebration. In the evening q large
number Of young folks assembled and enjoyed
themselves hugely" TWAS long after midnight
when the company reluctantly dispersed
The Philadelphia Press will shortly begin the
publication Of important article Gin four parts)
on the battle of Charlottesville and the Eleventh
Corps. by Gen. Alfred E. Lee, of Ohio. The
and startling evidence produced in these papers.
and substantiated by the signed statements of
prominent witnesses, will place the responsibility
for the failure of the campaign in entirely
expected quarter, and relieve the Eleventh Corps
of the blame which has so long been laid upon it.
Comrade s. G.. Hills, Assistant Quartermaster-
General. Department of Kentucky, was elected a
member of the State Legislature in August by a
Private Dalzell, Caldwell. o., speaks at the fol-
lowing Reunions: Wheeling VIVA. Army of West
Virginia, Aug. %; Beasville, the old Caldwell
Reunion, Aug. %; Warren. o.. Sept. IS. II is a
rainy day when the Private cannot get out to a
Reunion.
The Sc. Louis Globe Democrat gives the following
sketch Of the military record of Gen. d. r. Grier the
efficient Chairman of the Local Executive Commit
! tee Of the 2lst National Encampment: Gen. Grier
| organized a company In Peoria County May, 1861.
of which he was elected Captain; rendered the
company to Gov. Yates. of Illinois. but that States
/ quota full and the company was not accepted.
| Capt Grier Immediately loaded his company on to
cars and brought them to st. Louis, and was mus
tered into the sth Mo. Co. B at the Arsenal. In
| September. 1861, under order issued by Gen.
Fremont, commanding this department, giving
| two additional companies to the sth No., Gen.
Grier returned to Peoria and enlisted 100 men and
brought them down, and they were mustered in as
| Co. L, sth Mo. He served as Captain in this regi-
ment until August, 1852, and participated in the
battles Of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson. Shiloh and
| Corinth. On the arrival of the regiment in Mem
phis in August, 1852. Capt. Grier ordered by
/ the War Department to report to Gov. Yates at
/ Springfield, III. On reporting there he ap-
pointed Colonel of the nth ILL.,, regiment already
| raised and in camp at Peoria, III. He commanded
this regiment in the battles of Chiekasaw Bluffs.
/ Arkansas Post, Port Gibson. Raymond Big Black,
Champion Hills, Edwards's Depot, assaults on
| Vieksburg the 18th and odd of May, and all
through the siege of Vieksburg until its surrender
After the fall of Yieksburg he assigned to the
! command of brigade in the Thirteenth Corps. and
his command took part in the march and siege OF
| Jackson under Gen. W. T. Sherman. In 1864 the
| expedition to capture Forts Gaines and Morgan
was organized, under command of Gen. Gordon
Granger, and Gen. Grier had command of the land
forces in the reduction and capture of both these
forts. and for this service he brevetted Brga-
dier-GeneraI by President Lincoln. and in the
Spring of 1865 was assigned to the command of the
First Brigade. Third Division, Thirteenth Corps
He commanded this brigade at the assault ON
Spanish Fort and BlakeIy. which resulted in the
surrender of the city of Mobile. He then as
signed to the command OF the Third Division,
Thirteenth Corps. and held this command until
| the final muster-Out in August, 1865. Gen. GrieI
served in the field continually from May 1861 to
August 1866. and during the entire time lost
| a day from sickness other causes. In addition
to the battles mentioned above he participated in
number of smaller engagements in the field.
Col L. W. Osborn. of Blair. Neb.. delivered an
admirable address at the Reunion Of the Washing
ton County Veteran Association on the I2th inst
ID produced an unusual impression those who
heard it, and is highly spoken of by every one.
At Rockford. ILL.,. last week. Gen. Lucius Fair
child Commander-in- Chief of the Grand Army
said he was not at all alarmed for the future of the
organization. despite the efforts to bring about
political disruption. Il have read in papers," ht
said THAT the Grand Army must go. They viii
| 60 but when, where and how they please and moi
at the dictation of any man. The battleflag:
are safe and they will remain so. I have spoken
in relation to them but once, but have had quits
a time biting my tongue in order To keep still OF
several occasions. don't propose talk politics
| so long as I am the Commander, but just as sooI
as cease to hold the office intend to let it go fo
awhile"
The other day gentleman in Boston was in con
versatien with u lady who made the charge tina
during the war she was abused by Gen. Il. f. But
, Ier while in Lexington. Ky. The gentleman VIII,
is we'll acquainted with Butler and his history tolo
the lady that he thought she must DE mistaken
that he didn't think the General was in Kentuok,
during the war, and finally, as the insiste'
that she was right, he wrote letter of inquiry 4
, Butler, and received the following characteristic
reply:
BosToS. Aug Is 1887.
MY DEAR SIR: never in lexington Ky.
in my life and of course not during che war No
was l. during the Kentucky thai
Washington, unless New Orleans nearer. %
course 4 abused the ladies' feRrfuliy in Lexington
| III the woman who tells this story was there sin
ought to have been abused, If that possible
D Yours, truly. BENZ v. BUTLER.
At her home in California, Mrs. E. o. c. Ord pos
D sesses the celebrated Lone Star Corps flag whic
fioated over Gen. Buffers headquarters at New Oh
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